Wang Fugui looked at the account book handed over by the guy and couldn't help but be amazed.

In the past month, the patent fee income of cement alone has exceeded 2,000 yuan.

Although two thousand yuan is of no significance to the Chu Palace.

But behind this is to make people feel the benefits brought by the Datang Royal Patent Office.

At the beginning, many businesses were authorized to produce cement, and the price was to collect half of the sales revenue as a royalty.

Originally, Wang Fugui didn't expect to receive much money, but his own prince felt the need to do this, so he just did it.

"Lord Wang, this patent is really a good thing, no wonder various workshops have been applying for patents from the Tang Royal Patent Office in the past two years."

Such a joyful thing, Wang Fugui naturally wants to share it with his own prince.

So after confirming that the account book was not wrong, he immediately went to the palace of the King of Chu to report to Li Kuan.

"More than 2,000 in a month?"

Li Kuan didn't show any smile on his face.

The technology of making cement has actually spread a bit widely.

In Chang'an City, there may not be anyone who dares to build cement workshops without authorization, but in other state capitals, when the Chu Wangfu turns a blind eye, there are already many cement workshops.

Although this is not a good thing for Li Kuan to promote patents.

However, Li Kuan not only did not prepare to punish the cement workshop that violated the rules, but felt that the time had come to promote the expansion and construction of the cement workshop.

In the nineteenth century, steel and coal were the two main indicators of a country's industrial prowess.

In Li Kuan's view, today's Datang's steel output and cement output are the main indicators of Datang's industrial strength.

Needless to say, steel has always been the most important strategic material during the feudal dynasty.

And cement, a seemingly ordinary material, is actually related to a series of things behind it.

The increase in cement production means that there is a demand for it.

The market demand for cement is very large, indicating that various infrastructure facilities are in force.

Even in later generations, the power of the iron machine is still huge, let alone the Tang Dynasty.

Build roads, build roads, continue to build roads, this road can go a long way.

Building, building, and building is a promising approach.

"Lord Wang, I have already confirmed, it is two thousand times a month. Recently, the cement is about to sell like crazy, and the shopkeepers of those workshops are now painful and happy. I heard that in front of a cement factory, several buyers were beating their heads in order to earn a share of the cement. There are even some guys who are responsible for purchasing cement, directly with the team and silver tickets, blocking the door of other people's cement workshops. ”

The cement workshop of Chu Wangfu has not expanded its scale in recent years, but has continued to develop some new cement formulas, and all the cement produced has been digested by Nanshan Construction Engineering.

Wang Fugui thought of this, and his heart hurt a little.

The silver of the white flowers flowed in front of me.

"In this way, you will arrange for someone to publish an announcement in Datang Daily tomorrow, saying that we will give up the cement patent in advance, and everyone can use our cement production process for free from tomorrow; Anyone who goes to the Datang Royal Patent Office to register can obtain the process information of cement production, and can also directly purchase relevant production equipment from our workshop. ”

Li Kuan's decision shocked Wang Fugui.

"Lord Wang...... This...... The patent term of this cement has not yet expired, so we will not charge royalties? ”

"That's right! Don't accept it! Not only do we not accept it, but we also encourage everyone to build a cement workshop. Isn't the tax revenue of the household department increasing all the time? Although 10% has been allocated to the Ministry of Education this year, it is still increasing compared to last year, and the momentum has not changed this year, and the court will have more and more money available.

I would like to take this opportunity to propose to Your Majesty that the construction of the cement road be accelerated, and that the construction of the cement road, which was originally planned to be rebuilt in a few years, be started earlier. Especially in the Jiangnan area, there has been no decent cement road before, and the local economic status does not match. ”

Because of the dense water network in the south, the construction of concrete roads has become very difficult.

Therefore, the imperial court carried out the construction of cement roads in the north of Chang'an.

"Lord Wang, during this time, the price of cement has risen by two percent compared with last year, and if it continues like this, it will continue to rise."

Wang Fugui is very clear about his prince's habit of building roads.

However, the Chu Wangfu is now preparing to vigorously build houses in the workshop city, and the Guanshishan Academy is also expanding, if the price of cement rises too outrageously, it will pay a lot of more money for no reason.

No matter how rich you are, it's not such a wasteful method.

"It can't go up all the time, as long as the determination is big enough, the expansion and construction of cement workshops is not so difficult. Once you find that there are many cement workshops around, the expectation of cement prices will go down, and it is impossible for cement to keep rising in price. If it really rises too crazy, the output of the cement workshops under the palace will be thrown out first to stabilize the price. ”

Li Kuan is not worried that the expansion of cement production will bring the problem of unsalable.

In those days, most of the workshops were opened by people with backgrounds.

Once the sales of cement workshops are not satisfactory, they will definitely promote the construction of various roads and buildings behind the scenes.

Especially in the states and counties below, the influence of these people is even greater.

"Lord, since this is the case, then I will first persuade some familiar shopkeepers to expand the output of cement, or consider setting up some new cement workshops in Jiangnan."

"Go ahead, but there's no need to force people, the opportunity to earn money is placed in front of them, it's up to them to grasp it."

Wang Fugui's approach, Li Kuan did not object.

If you want to cultivate a group of bourgeoisie, naturally these people are closer to the Chu Palace, the better.

……

Carriage line in the south of the city.

Wei Bao happily took Wei Siren around the shop.

"Lang Jun, since the beginning of spring this year, the number of sales of various types of carriages has increased by more than 50% compared with the same period last year, of which the four-wheeled transport carriages have doubled; Even if our price is slightly raised, it is a bit in short supply. ”

Wei Bao hasn't felt this kind of hot scene for a long time.

Although the price of his own carriage is cheaper than that of Mercedes-Benz carriage, the quality is also poor, so it has been sold tepidly.

"I've heard that the four-wheeled carriages of the Mercedes-Benz carriage shop opposite, especially the four-wheeled carriages for transportation, are now sold out?"

Wei Siren's words made Wei Bao suddenly show an embarrassed smile on his face.

It is undeniable that these people will come to the carriage shop in the south of the city, and a large part of the reason is that the Mercedes-Benz carriage shop is out of stock.

The infrastructure trend of Chang'an City has not only brought prosperity to building materials such as cement, gravel, sand, green bricks, tiles, etc., but also made the sales of freight carriages hot.

Nowadays, no matter which carriage dealership's carriage, as long as it is a freight carriage, it has almost reached the point of not worrying about selling.

Even if the quality is poor, some customers who can't wait will pinch their noses and buy it.

Time is money, and in the transportation industry, this saying is definitely true.

"Lang Jun, the Mercedes-Benz carriage shop is a little better than us, but our gap is now shrinking. Especially in terms of rickshaws, our scale is the largest in Datang. ”

Wei Bao was stunned for a while, but he still took his own Langjun's words.

"Since the carriages that transport goods are easy to sell, then we will set up a separate workshop responsible for making carriages for transporting goods, so that the craftsmen can focus on how to load more and not be easy to damage!"

Irony is irony, Wei Siren is still very concerned about his own industry.

Obviously, in terms of luxury four-wheeled carriages, their own family is not comparable to Mercedes-Benz carriage shops, so they simply compete in another direction.

Anyway, as long as you can make money!